- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"issue": "Founder roster disagreement: Y Combinator and primary founder essays list Amanda Peyton and Jason Gavris; Tracxn lists Amanda Peyton and Sean Ahrens as founders; Sean Ahrens LinkedIn lists Founding Product Engineer (Level: Founder) May–Nov 2010 only", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/messageparty", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/messageparty_b_758885", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/messageparty/__l42CzHu9iyxNQj6MoYTpYcx5iosd_4vXt3OlhhahZfs", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanahrens"]}, {"issue": "Funding round count disagreement: Sean Ahrens LinkedIn says prototypes closed 'both funding rounds'; Tracxn reports 1 seed round totaling $275K with 1 investor (Y Combinator)", "source_urls": ["https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanahrens", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/messageparty/__l42CzHu9iyxNQj6MoYTpYcx5iosd_4vXt3OlhhahZfs"]}, {"issue": "Total funding amount disagreement: Boston Globe cites $20,000 from Y Combinator; Tracxn reports $275K total; YCDB reports ~$0.3M; individual round amounts beyond YC $20K not independently verified in primary sources", "source_urls": ["https://archive.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/05/01/offer_more_awesome_cash", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/messageparty/__l42CzHu9iyxNQj6MoYTpYcx5iosd_4vXt3OlhhahZfs", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/messageparty"]}, {"issue": "Employee count estimates vary (1 on YC profile, 5 on YCDB, 3 on Tracxn with unclear/as-of dates)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/messageparty", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/messageparty", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/messageparty/__l42CzHu9iyxNQj6MoYTpYcx5iosd_4vXt3OlhhahZfs"]}, {"issue": "Shutdown date: only Tracxn specifies 'Feb 2012'; no contemporaneous press shutdown announcement located; YC/YCDB mark company inactive/dead without date", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/messageparty/__l42CzHu9iyxNQj6MoYTpYcx5iosd_4vXt3OlhhahZfs", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/messageparty", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/messageparty"]}, {"issue": "No published total user counts, revenue, or download figures found in sourced coverage", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/06/messageparty-the-remix-a-new-service-for-location-based-blogging/", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/24/yc-funded-messageparty-ties-location-with-chat-rooms/"]}, {"issue": "Crunchbase organization page for MessageParty could not be retrieved during research (timeout); YCDB links to it but data not independently verified here", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/messageparty"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://archive.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/05/01/offer_more_awesome_cash", "https://mashable.com/archive/messageparty-places", "https://observer.com/2011/04/4750/", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/24/yc-funded-messageparty-ties-location-with-chat-rooms/", "https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/06/messageparty-the-remix-a-new-service-for-location-based-blogging/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/23/etsy-acquires-gadget-marketplace-grand-st/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/messageparty/__l42CzHu9iyxNQj6MoYTpYcx5iosd_4vXt3OlhhahZfs", "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/messageparty_b_758885", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandapey", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgavris", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanahrens", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/messageparty", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/messageparty"]